I've seen people walking around town in NY in a snowstorm in shorts and a t-shirt, when the temperature is in the 20's.
I guess they're trying to prove how tough they are.
We see that here. It’s mostly kids. They’re waiting for a school bus in the morning, and it’s 25 degrees, and they have a t-shirt on. Where are the parents? That’s what I always wonder.
You might not know their acclimation.
Ca 35 years ago I was visiting friends in central FL. A state ranger thought he should ban me from boarding a ferry on the Matanzas River - destination Rattlesnake Island - as I was not dressed appropriately.
I showed him my driver’s license and declared that I had left MSP that morning at -10F.
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I was a survival instructor at Ft Sherman, taught same as an undergrad in Michigan, and grew up on MN’s Iron Range. Returned yesterday from two weeks, some at -25F. [Lutefisk was more hazardous than hypothermia]
Admittedly, it is not a casual thing these days - 26 years in FL has changed my physiology. And I no longer snark at people wearing down vests in Daytona Beach.